Commercialized Technology Transfer in China 1981-86: The Impact of Science and Technology Policy Reforms

Abstract

Since the late 1950s, when the core of China' science and technology (S&T) system was first established, a recurrent problem has been the lack of transfer of technology from research units to production enterprises. When the Chinese leadership of the post-Mao period decided that science and technology constituted a vital component of the Four Modernizations, it became increasingly clear that something had to be done about the inability of the S&T system to contribute to economic development.